Thomas LeBlanc
Employers on the program
- 2019–2026SHI International Corp17 talks
- 2023Data on the Geaux1 talk
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360
- SQLSaturday
- DATACON Seattle
- Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2026 | Live! 360 Tech Con Orlando 2026 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Enhancing Power BI with Copilot as SHI International Corp. | |
| Nov 15, 2026 | Live! 360 Tech Con Orlando 2026 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Upgrading Skills from DataFlows to Notebooks as SHI International Corp. | |
| Aug 24, 2026 | DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | speaker | Ask the Experts -2Stop by the Ask the Experts booth in the Expo Hall to engage in one-on-one conversations with subject matter experts - our speakers! Participants can sit down…Show lessStop by the Ask the Experts booth in the Expo Hall to engage in one-on-one conversations with subject matter experts - our speakers! Participants can sit down with an expert and receive immediate answers or feedback to their questions on a specific topic of interest. | |
| Aug 24, 2026 | DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | speaker | Faster Power BI ReportsThis session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model…Show lessThis session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model design, performance tuning is vital to keep the attention of a report user. | |
| Aug 24, 2026 | DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | speaker | Ins and Outs of Fabric MonitoringHave you ever asked the question 'What is Fabric doing with resources and how do I measure these things?" Well, this session is for you. We are first going to…Show lessHave you ever asked the question 'What is Fabric doing with resources and how do I measure these things?" Well, this session is for you. We are first going to explain the current way to measure usage in the Fabric environment. | |
| Aug 24, 2026 | DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | workshop | Moving from Dataflows to NotebooksThe session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and…Show lessThe session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and destination, examples include append/merge query to dataframe joins, text replace functionality, split and concatenate columns, as well as pivot/unpivot, data type… | |
| May 2, 2026 | Day of Data Jacksonville #1128 | SQLSaturday | — | Making Power BI Run Faster!!!This session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model…Show lessThis session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model design, performance tuning is vital to keep the attention of a report user. | |
| Mar 16, 2026 | FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), Atlanta | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | speaker | Transition from Data Analyst to Data Engineer: Upgrading Skills from DataFlows Gen2 to Notebooks as SHI The session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and…Show lessThe session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and destination, examples include append/merge query to dataframe joins, text replace functionality, split and concatenate columns, as well as pivot/unpivot, data type changes, and removing duplicates. | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | The End Game: Lakehouse in Fabric as SHI International Corp. | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | What is Fabric? as SHI International Corp. | |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Faster Power BI Reports as SHI International Corp. | |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Power BI: AI and ML as SHI International Corp. | |
| Jul 29, 2023 | SQLSaturday Baton Rouge #1060 | SQLSaturday | — | Performance Tuning Power BI as Data on the Geaux This session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model…Show lessThis session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model design, performance tuning is vital to keep the attention of a report user. | |
| Nov 13, 2022 | Live! 360 Orlando 2022 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Performance Tuning Power BI as SHI International Corp. | |
| Nov 13, 2022 | Live! 360 Orlando 2022 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Using Azure Synapse with Azure Data Lake as SHI International Corp. | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: The Four Flavors of Power BI as SHI International Corp. | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Power BI, AI, and ML as SHI International Corp. | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Time Intelligence in Power BI as SHI International Corp. | |
| Nov 17, 2019 | Live! 360 Orlando 2019 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Power BI Implementation Guidance: from Pro to Premium and Desktop to Embedded as SHI International Corp. | |
| Nov 17, 2019 | Live! 360 Orlando 2019 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | What's New in SQL Server 2019 for Analytics as SHI International Corp. | |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Effective Visualizations with Power BI as SHI International Corp. | |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: The Four Flavors of Power BI as SHI International Corp. | |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Transition from SSIS to Azure Data Factory as SHI International Corp. | |
| Jun 1, 2019 | SQLSaturday Dallas #841 | SQLSaturday | — | Execution Plans for Performance Tuning SQL Server 2017Performance Tuning starts with looking at a plan SQL Server internally uses to execute T-SQL. There are many parts to the plan as well as additional options for…Show lessPerformance Tuning starts with looking at a plan SQL Server internally uses to execute T-SQL. There are many parts to the plan as well as additional options for performance tuning. |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Ward | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Ginger Grant | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Kevin Feasel | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Bradley Ball | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Leonard Lobel | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Andrew Brust | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Denny Cherry | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Josh Luedeman | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Karen Lopez | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Philip Japikse | 5 | — | 2024 |
| Prashant G Bhoyar | 4 | 1 | 2026 |
| Allan Hirt | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Andreas Erben | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Bradley Schacht | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Buck Woody | 4 | — | 2026 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.